Join Aled, one of our experienced caseworkers and Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (I.P.E.Ds) trainers for facts on steroids and other substances used to enhance image or performance. Got a question, contact us using our contact form, via social media, via email on info@barod.cymru or by dropping in to one of our buildings across South … Continued
Join Jamie Harris, Service Manager for Barod in Swansea and seasoned festival Welfare Worker, for our facebook live on how to keep safe at festivals over the summer. Don’t forget to like our Facebook page / follow us on Twitter ‘wearebarod’ to keep up to date on Barod events and more Facebook Live topics
Check out Barod’s first ever Facebook Live focusing on the life-saving drug Naloxone. Find out everything you need to know about overdose and Naloxone from Barod’s Kim Darkin, who has been working for many years to help prevent deaths from overdose. To view the whole video and leave your comments check out our facebook page … Continued
A full review of the 2008-2018 Welsh Government Substance Misuse Strategy: Working Together to Reduce Harm has been released. The review looks at whether the plans and actions implemented as a result of the strategy has been successful and gives recommendations for the future. You can find the full report and a summary report on … Continued
Barod and Chooselife UK are joining up again to support the annual Mountain Recovery Walk on Pen Y Fan Mountain in the Brecon Beacons on Friday 20th July at 11.30. Join us for an amazing experience and a fantastic BBQ afterwards. For more info or to book your space, email info@chooselifeuk.com
Join Ray Davies, one of Barod’s engagement workers, for a tour around one of our Needle Exchanges. Find out what they are for and how they help save lives and improve communities. Follow / like our social media pages to keep up to date with future Facebook live topics
Barod is proud to announce that, following an assessment over the Autumn of 2017, we have been awarded Bronze Level in the MIND Workplace Wellbeing Index. The Index is a benchmark for best practice around supporting staff in their mental health and wellbeing. Happy staff are better at supporting service users, and that is something … Continued
Do not go gentle… Substance misuse and ageing conference 2018. Alongside an ageing population we are seeing an increase in alcohol consumption in the over 50s age group, coupled with the use of prescribed medication and illicit drug use. Older adults who are affected by substance misuse don’t receive the same attention as younger people … Continued
Barod held it’s annual Staff Development Day on Friday 11th May 2018. This year we focused on Wellbeing, announcing the exciting news that we received the BRONZE award in the Mind Workplace Wellbeing Index for 2017/2018. We also held a variety of training workshops on topics such as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Co-occuring Substance Misuse and … Continued
December 2017 brings us into a new era with a name change and rebranding. Drugaid Cymru has become BAROD. Barod is the Welsh word for READY. It highlights our commitment to change – for individuals, for communities, for society and for ourselves. It reflects our strong Welsh roots and our commitment to promoting the Welsh … Continued
